built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Saturday, August 25, 2012 a las 09:26:44AM -0700, Waitman Gobble escribió:

> Hi,
> 
> you need to specify the device, take a look at
> 
> # ls /dev/dsp*
> /dev/dsp0.0    /dev/dsp0.1    /dev/dsp1.0    /dev/dsp2.0    /dev/dsp2.1
> 
> for example, i can send audio output to headphone jack:
> # mplayer -zoom -x 1280 -y 720 -fs -ao oss:/dev/dsp1 -mixer /dev/mixer2
> /path/to/file

For tests you might even record and playback the recorded with, for
example:

# dd if=/dev/dsp0 of=/tmp/recorded
# cat /tmp/recorded > /dev/dsp0

> Haven't tried skype on FreeBSD but there should be a device setting. I've
> noticed that some machines seem to automatically switch, ie when I plug in
> headphones to the headphone jack or a mic into a microphone jack it "just
> works". But other machines don't work automatically and I have to set the
> device manually as above. A simple way, you can try setting each device to
> see which one works. :)

yes, Skype allows to configure this even on top of the emulation of
Linux; I do it all days

	matthias
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